The Allen Press Bibliography
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1985.
Limited Edition. Hardcover.
Issued in an edition limited to 750 copies. In addition to the facsimile of the Allens’ 1981 hand-printed Bibliography, the present volume includes important new material: Bibliographical details and personal notes by the Allens on each of the five titles completed since their original Bibliography appeared; an Epilogue by Lewis Allen which recapitulates the many decades he has been involved with hand-produced books; “An Appreciation “ by Carey S. Bliss, retired Curator of Rare Books at The Hunting Library; a valuable complete checklist of ephemera, researched by D. Steven Corey, Special Collections Librarian at the University of San Francisco, aided by Ruth Yeaman of Special Collections, The University of Utah Libraries; and finally, a complete, updated index.
The facsimile, or first part, was produced by offset lithography at Mastercraft press, under the supervision of George Waters. The new, updated material was set in Monotype Van Dijck types by Othmar Peters at Mackenzie-Harris, and printed letterpress on Pastelle Antique paper with deckled edges by Arlen Philpott at his Tamal Lane Press.
The entire production was managed by Albert Sperisen, Florian Shasky, Shirley and Jay Sheffield, and Lewis and Dorothy Allen with the assistance of S. Gale Herrick, Carey Bliss and Barbara Land.
The original edition was produced by hand at The Allen Press and was limited to 140 copies and includes inserts of sample pages and illustrations and decorations from work produced at the Allen Press 1939 through 1980.
Item #9028359-1/2 x 13-7/8", brown cloth with embossed printing press front board and gilt spine titles, deckled fore-edge, 121pp, index, errata, illustrated throughout, original prospectus laid in.
Very fine in clear acetate dust wrapper.
Price: $200.00